The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Voronwë the Faithful
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I guess she must be pretty slippery.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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With full day summer camp, yes!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Here you go:
Yes, there are seven. Yes, there are 6 left.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Lembas?
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No. The meaning changed Entirely. Keywords are there, but were not used in the current context.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yes.
(And BTW, Jude, irika laughed and laughed at your post above.
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(And BTW, Jude, irika laughed and laughed at your post above.
)'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yes.
(And BTW, folks, irika laughed and laughed at our posts above, with Willow of the long name being the crowning glory).
(And BTW, folks, irika laughed and laughed at our posts above, with Willow of the long name being the crowning glory).
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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At Beorn's house?
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No. Wrong book.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yay for Irika's laughter! 
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Argh. I meant, “earlier”
Tapatalk is not letting me edit my post.
Tapatalk is not letting me edit my post.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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To be clear, earlier than Beorn’s house.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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But in the Hobbit, yes?
Funny, when you posted it my very first reaction was heartbreak because in the cartoon Bilbo asks how many of the original 13 dwarves are left, and Gandalf says seven, Bilbo asks "And Thorin?" Gandalf replies "Soon it will be only six." I was almost convinced that had to be it but that particular exchange isn't in the book.
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Yes, in the Hobbit.
And I would never ever take a sentence like that. Well, not anymore, at least.
And I would never ever take a sentence like that. Well, not anymore, at least.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Does your quote take place in Rivendell?
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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No. After.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Ah, here we are - Gollum finding his way to the exit:
"Seven right, yes. Six left, yes!"
"Seven right, yes. Six left, yes!"
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You got it!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude